355 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Scrophulariales

► Family Pedaliaceae - Sesame family

► Genus Sesamum

Synonyms

(=) Sesamum mulayanum N. C. Nair

(=) Sesamum orientale L.

Common names

Beni (English)

Beniseed (English)

Benneseed (English)

Gingelly (English)

Sesame (English)

Sésame (French)

 

Gergelim (Portuguese)

Сезам индийский (Russian)

Ajonjolí (Spanish)

Sésamo (Spanish)

 

Gingelly (India)

Tel-tala (India)

Thala (India)

Til (India (Hindi))

Tir (India (Hindi))

Tila (India (Sanskrit))

Tilah (India (Sanskrit))

El (India (Tamil))

Ellu (India (Tamil))

 

Hu ma (Chinese)

Goma (Japanese)

Koba (Japanese)

Description

Small white finely pubescent tubular flower with five shallow irregular lobes and a very light pink centre; borne singly in the leaf axils. An erect annual herb with softly pubescent ovate leaves.